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Record 1 1998-06-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

Title of a site found in Human Resources Development Canada's Intranet site in the Ontario region (AGORA). Refers to job descriptions for positions within Human Resources Development Canada.

OBS

Source(s): AGORA, HRDC's [Human Resources Development Canada] Intranet site in the Ontario region.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Algebra
  • Computer Mathematics
DEF

Of or relating to Boole or his symbolic logic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Algèbre
  • Mathématiques informatiques
PHR

logique booléenne, variable booléenne

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Álgebra
  • Matemáticas para computación
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Record 3 1993-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation
Key term(s)
  • cro rc

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dactyloscopy
DEF

A focal point at the center or heart of a pattern that may be used as a starting point when analysing fingerprint patterns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dactyloscopie
OBS

Deuxième point majeur de la classification dactyloscopique; le centre du dessin digital.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dactiloscopia
OBS

Núcleo de la región central del dactilograma.

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Record 5 1991-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Lasers and Masers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Masers et lasers

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Air Forces
DEF

An aircraft maintenance unit reporting directly to a wing commander and responsible for a range of maintenance functions in support of one or more operational/training squadrons or other units supported by that wing.

OBS

air maintenance squadron; AMS: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Forces aériennes
DEF

Unité de maintenance des aéronefs relevant directement d'un commandant d'escadre et responsable d'une gamme de fonctions de maintenance à l'appui d'un ou de plusieurs escadrons opérationnels ou de formation ou autres unités qui fait partie de cette escadre.

OBS

escadron de maintenance (air); EMA : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copyright
CONT

... American courts have granted protection to compilations either on the basis of the doctrine of intellectual effort («sweat of the brow») or on the basis of observed creativity or judgment in the selection or arrangement.

CONT

[the decision] applied the «sweat of the brow» doctrine restrictively to works other than fiction....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits d'auteur
CONT

[...] les tribunaux américains ont admis la protection des compilations ou bien sur la base de la doctrine de l'effort intellectuel (sweat of the brow) ou bien en constatant une créativité ou un jugement dans la sélection ou l'arrangement.

CONT

[l'arrêt Eckes] se montre restrictif pour appliquer la doctrine du «sweat of the brow» à des ouvrages autres que la fiction [...].

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

Annually active cobble, gravel, and sand deposits in washes, locally with boulders in proximal fan reaches.

OBS

The alluvium occupies channels inset up to 2 m and that flow across the basin floor; anastomosing bar and swale topography is generally ubiquitous. Deposits are moderately to poorly sorted, poorly to moderately stratified, and generally non-indurated. Clasts are angular to rounded. Deposits are 0.2 to 4 m thick.

OBS

active alluvium: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

Sur les alluvions actuelles [...], les sols sont profonds, à texture souvent sablo-limoneuse ou limono-sableuse : fluviosols ou sols peu évolués d'apport alluvial [...]

OBS

alluvion actuelle : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 10 2024-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stationary Airport Facilities
  • Air Navigation Aids
CONT

The stopping position indicator is located in conjunction with, or sufficiently close to the azimuth guidance unit so that a pilot can observe both the azimuth and stop signals without turning his [or] her head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations fixes d'aéroport
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
CONT

L'indicateur de point d'arrêt est placé à côté du dispositif de guidage en azimut ou suffisamment près de ce dispositif pour qu'un pilote puisse observer à la fois les signaux de guidage en azimut et le signal d'arrêt, et ce, sans tourner la tête.

Spanish

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